HISTORY

December 30th 1986 Pat Caldwell tucked into this Westside barrel with his unique style photo Chang

Ben Severson going for the fully natural wildman  look with a well established beard riding for Local Motion late 80′s pic Chris Dyball.

East Coast star and high  profile  rider of the 80′s Maryland USA’s  Jay Reale riding for Morey Boogie Bodywear late 80′s.

 70′s pioneer Joey Gibbs captured vacuum tracking at La Jolla from a Morey Boogie adv. photo Bolster.

Jack “The Ripper “Lindholm leaving his mark on the sport by conquering Pipe with his own unique style. Photo ’79 by Don King

Mike Stewart credits  Kavan Okimura with pulling the first airs. Then  it was Stewart’s own boosts and Hauoli Reeves lip launches that took it a step further. Eppo was to follow leaving his mark by getting fully airborne time after time. Next came Hubb who took it even further…who’s next.  Photo Hubb flight by Farris.

Young Winnie was a late bloomer and didn’t start bodyboarding untill his late teens. In no time at all he was passing all his mates  in local comps and was taking on the big boys. In the past few fears he has worked his way to the top of the heap and is regarded as one of the sports best. A feat he proved recently after his win in the 2011 Shark Island Challenge.Photo of Winnie back in the day.

Ryan Hardy didn’t invent the forward barrel spinner but he certainly perfected it. At the inaugural Teahpoo Comp in Tahiti he unleashed this move in the most critical section of the wave probably one of the hardest moves to pull. When he pulled it in the final  it gave him the edge over his rivals walking away with first prize. This photo from a 5 shot seq saw Hardballs again pulling the move at Shark island during a practice session approx 5 years back. Photo Stroh

Young Keith Sasaki from the pages of BIM Magazine.

JP Patterson winner of the first Pro Contest held at Pipeline and Sandy Beach pioneer recommends Viper swim fins, adv from the early 90′s.